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Pietro Gozze

Pietro Gozze

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Pietro Gozze or Petar Gučetić (1493–1564),[1] called Doctor Illyricus,[2] was a Ragusan Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of Ston (1551–1564).[3][4][5]

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Gozze was born in Dubrovnik (Ragusa) in the republic of Ragusa in 1493. The term Illyricus indicates that he was a Croat.[1] He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[3] Before he became a bishop, he held professorships at the University of Paris and the University of Louvain.[2] On 25 February 1551, he was appointed by Pope Julius III to the diocese of Ston.[3] He served until his death in 1564.[3]

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  1. [1]
    John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods (University of Michigan Press, 2010), p. 259.
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    Ilić, Luka (2014). Theologian of Sin and Grace: The Process of Radicalization in the Theology of Matthias Flacius Illyricus (PDF). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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    Catholic-hierarchy.org: "Bishop Pietro de Gozzo, O.P." retrieved February 9, 2016
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    "Diocese of Stagno (Ston)(Sagona)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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    "Titular Episcopal See of Ston" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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